Source: PR-inside
Wire Service: AP
http://www.pr-inside.com/chinese-falun-gong-followers-in-south-r392998.htm
A Seoul court ruled in favor of two Chinese followers of the spiritual movement Falun Gong, paving the way for them to receive refugee status in South Korea, a court official said Friday. The Seoul Administrative Court ruling Thursday rejected a Justice Ministry decision denying recognition of the plaintiffs as refugees, according to a copy of the ruling and court spokesman Kim Jung-wook. The plaintiffs _ a man and woman whose identities were withheld _ filed a lawsuit in 2006, seeking to reverse the ministry's decision on grounds that they would face persecution in China because of their Falun Gong-related activities and their opposition to the Chinese Communist Party.